In conversation with Julia Restoin Roitfeld

Julia Restoin Roitfeld on her new website dedicated to motherhood, her pregnancy wardrobe and what she learnt from Carine

As the daughter of Bazaars Global Fashion Director Carine Roitfeld, its safe to say that Julia Restoin Roitfeld knows a thing or two about being a stylish mother. We caught up with her to talk about her new website dedicated to motherhood, Romy and the Bunnies, her pregnancy wardrobe and what she learnt from Carine

The birth of Julia Restoin Roitfelds first child Romy Nicole last May sparked a brainwave. The 30-year-old art director decided to launch a new website where women who inspired her could contribute advice and tips on everything from style to beauty for expectant and new mothers. Using her newfound expertise on pregnancy and babies, as well as her design eye, she set to work. Et voila, Romy and the Bunnies was born.

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Motherhood is amazing but its also very difficult, she muses. With Romy and the Bunnies, I wanted to bring together contributing writers, photographers and illustrators who inspire me as mothers and women, and give tips on motherhood, how to make it all work and how to be a working mum.

A key draw of the site is Julias own fashion expertise. One of Bazaars Best Dressed Women, she is known for her penchant for body-con dresses and daring pieces, having inherited great sartorial genes from her mother Carine Roitfeld. Clearly not a believer that you should dress differently just because your body is changing, she berates the lack of sexy maternity wear on the market.

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I dont have a very fashion-y body, Im a bit curvy, so I loved having an extra bump to dress, she explains. I wore a lot of stretchy pieces, a lot of Alexander Wang. Some women want to disguise [their pregnancy] but I wanted to embrace it, its only 9 months of my life!

With a daughter of her own, its clear that her own mothers influence has become more poignant than ever.

My mother was very influential on my style, she admits. When she was pregnant she was a bit younger than me, she was 26, and I asked her what she was wearing and she wore a lot of Alaia. So at Christmas she took me to the Alaia store to get me something!

With her eye for style inherited from her own mother, does she have any advice shed like to give her own daughter, Romy?

I want her to experiment and find her own style and find what she likes, I just want her to have fun! she laughs.

The one big tip that my mother gave me that I never listened to was not to pluck my eyebrows and Romy has such nice eyebrows I hope that she will never pluck hers!

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